Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sarah idriss
University of Clearlake
Abstract
In this paper I will be taking about Autism and discuss three main points which definition of Autism, the causes of this disorder, the symptoms, and available treatments.
Keywords: brain disorder, social interaction, eye contact, and pathologist.
How many of you are planning to have children’s? What if your child cannot make an eye contact with you, or what if he cannot describe his feelings for example to say am hungry or am scared. A parent of an autism child faces this reality everyday. So today am going to talk about what autism really is, the signs and symptoms and what treatments options available.
1. What is …show more content…
3. Signs and symptoms of Autism
What are the signs and symptoms of autism? There are many symptoms but the most common symptom is social communication and interaction. According to mayoclinic.org “Children who are diagnosed with autism fail to make eye contact with people and they do not respond when they’re spoken to”. Other symptoms such as prefer to play alone, inappropriate laughing or crying, and oversensitivity or under sensitivity to noise. But how can those symptoms be treated?
4. Treatment
Unfortunately there is currently no known cure for autism but it can be treated with therapy according to national institute on deafness and other communication disorders “if the doctor finds out that the child have autism he or she may refer the child to variety of specialist such as language pathologists for treating the voice, speech, and language disorders, also to improve their verbal communication”. Another treatment is by medication to decrease the amount of anxiety, hyperactivity, and
Sarah idriss
University of Clearlake
Abstract
In this paper I will be taking about Autism and discuss three main points which definition of Autism, the causes of this disorder, the symptoms, and available treatments.
Keywords: brain disorder, social interaction, eye contact, and pathologist.
How many of you are planning to have children’s? What if your child cannot make an eye contact with you, or what if he cannot describe his feelings for example to say am hungry or am scared. A parent of an autism child faces this reality everyday. So today am going to talk about what autism really is, the signs and symptoms and what treatments options available.
1. What is …show more content…
3. Signs and symptoms of Autism
What are the signs and symptoms of autism? There are many symptoms but the most common symptom is social communication and interaction. According to mayoclinic.org “Children who are diagnosed with autism fail to make eye contact with people and they do not respond when they’re spoken to”. Other symptoms such as prefer to play alone, inappropriate laughing or crying, and oversensitivity or under sensitivity to noise. But how can those symptoms be treated?
4. Treatment
Unfortunately there is currently no known cure for autism but it can be treated with therapy according to national institute on deafness and other communication disorders “if the doctor finds out that the child have autism he or she may refer the child to variety of specialist such as language pathologists for treating the voice, speech, and language disorders, also to improve their verbal communication”. Another treatment is by medication to decrease the amount of anxiety, hyperactivity, and